Success Factors in Large Scale Implementation and Rollout of Processes and Tools.

Scaling and integrating complex processes across enterprise operations comes with a unique set of challenges. Combine this with the challenges of building complex products and it exponentially increases. Many factors need to be considered such as communication across diverse teams in different geographies, and adherence to strict safety and security standards. This session will focus on the strategies of two leading semiconductor companies in their process of rolling out Jama Connect across their organizations.

First we’ll hear from Pierre from Infineon with an “Overview of Infineon Requirements Driven Development Flow (RDDF)”

The digital transformation of R&D activities for complex semiconductor products has many facets, one of them is the effective & efficient handling of requirements along the product development cycle.

Infineon’s approach on Requirements Engineering enables a systematic handling of requirements including end-to-end traceability over the development cycle, starting from product definition until product design through verification activities. The approach – initially defined as foundational for Automotive functional safety compliance – was designed as holistic to cover business process aspects, data governance and methods & tools. While the business process aspects are embedded within Infineon Development Process Framework, at software tool level the approach is based on the Requirements Management tool “Jama” integrated within the R&D tool ecosystem.

This presentation offers a short overview of the approach, and provides a return of experience of a deployment at company-level.

Next we’ll hear from Vladimir from Synopsis with “Requirements Management and Traceability for Automotive IP & SoC“

The rapid shift to highly automated autonomous driving, is increasing design complexity for functional safety SoC. In addition to meeting the complex design requirements, system-on-chip (SoC) and IP, must meet the stringent automotive safety requirements defined by the ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 standards. Safety requirements, requirements management and traceability, verification, validation, and test are the core elements of functional safety development. Therefore, an effective systematic tool-based approach including such core elements is required for functional safety management and automation.

This presentation highlights a bidirectional traceability approach as applied by Synopsys to automotive IP products for functional safety applications. It discusses challenges and practical solutions for requirements management based on Jama Software (TM) to ensure a timely, cost-effective, and efficient IP product development flow.

Matt Mickle

Matt is the Director of Automotive and Semiconductor Solutions with a focus on providing solutions and consulting to the unique needs of this market. He has over 10 years of experience working with hundreds of Jama Connect customers on their requirements and system engineering processes as a consultant and moved from the US to Europe in 2017 to help start and build the team at Jama Software’s EMEA headquarters in Amsterdam.

Pierre-Oliver Nury

Pierre is Principal Engineer in Product Development Methodology at Infineon Technologies, with over 15 years of expertise in microelectronics R&D.

Specializing in the design and large-scale introduction of innovative methods for complex systems development, particularly in Automotive Functional Safety & Cybersecurity, he currently leads an enterprise-wide Requirements Engineering methodology. As the Business Product Owner for Requirements Management tools, he represents Hardware IC development needs, liaising with implementation teams and tool vendors. In his role, he serves as the technical lead and architect, seamlessly integrating solutions across the R&D tool ecosystem.

Before joining Infineon, Pierre had several roles in various R&D organizations in embedded systems development and IC concept & design. Pierre holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the French “Ecole d’Ingenieur” Grenoble INP.

Vladimir Litovtchenko

Vladimir Litovtchenko is a Senior Director for Synopsys’ Functional Safety Team. He has over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry focusing on automotive functional safety products and development flows. Vladimir joined Motorola in 2001 and held several positions including System Engineer, Senior System Engineer/Technical Leader for automotive SoCs, and a Senior IC Design and Integration Lead. As a Sr. Staff Concept Engineer at Infineon, Vladimir worked on functional safety architectures and concepts for automotive MCU SoCs. He holds more than 26 EU and US patents and has published several papers and presentations.